Corruption case on former deputy CM

New Delhi, July 06: The Income Tax (IT) department has been attached benami assets worth Rs 300 crore belonging to former deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his family members, here on Wednesday.

Coming to details that, Bhujbal was arrested on March 14 last year by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the charges of bribery and money laundering in the construction of Maharashtra Sadan building in National Capital.

The I-T department has issued notices for provisional attachment of assets of Bhujbal, his son Pankaj and nephew Sameer and has identified them as "beneficiaries" of the alleged benami assets.

All the accused have been slapped with charges of a newly enacted criminal law. The I-T department has also issued notices for provisional attachment of assets of the trio.

Sources revealed that the list of attached assets include multi-storeyed residential tower Solitaire, located at Santacruz (West) that has been valued at Rs 11.30 crore, Habib Manor and Fatima Manor building in Bandra (west) to the tune of over Rs 43.61 crore, Nashik-based sugar mills valued at over Rs 80.97 crore and a plot of land in Panvel in Raigad valued at over Rs 87.54 crore (registered in the name of Devisha Infrastructure Pvt Ltd).